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Cong
govt anti-people: Left
Bathinda, January 12
Four Left parties — the MCPI,
CPM, CPI (ML) Liberation and All-India Forward Block — on Friday
asked like-minded parties to start a movement against the
anti-policies of the state government.
Bathinda
water supply to be augmented
Bathinda, January 12
The construction of the District
Administrative Complex, plan on three-fold increase in drinking water
supply, completion of transport and dairy nagar, repair of all major
roads and ongoing sanitation drive were some of the developmental
activities listed by the local MLA and High-Powered Finance Committee
Chairman, Mr Surinder Singla, at a press conference organised here
today.
Girls take out "jago" to celebrate Lohri organised by a club at Bathinda on Saturday.
— Photo Kulbir Beera |
Gastroenteritis
cases: water samples taken
Jalandhar, January 12
The district health authorities
today took three samples of potable water from Gandhi Nagar and
adjoining localities to ascertain the exact cause of spread of
gastroenteritis in the area even as 29 fresh cases were reported here
since yesterday.
Fresh
bids to be invited for NFL
Ropar, January 12
The government will invite fresh
bids for selling 51 per cent equity in the National Fertilisers
Limited (NFL), scrapping the earlier bids. Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa,
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, said this while talking
to mediapersons here today.
Mann
backs library in Jinnah’s memory
Phagwara, January 12
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and Lok Sabha Member, today
justified the decision of setting up a library in Malerkotla in the
name of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, and defended his
decision of giving Rs 1 lakh to the Islamia Girls Senior Secondary
School, Malerkotla, for the purpose. If international airport of New
Delhi could be named after Indira Gandhi allegedly responsible for the
massacre of Sikhs and destruction of Sikh heritage in 1984 attack on
the Golden Temple, why a library couldn’t be named after Jinnah.
Super-performance
road for Ropar
Chandigarh, January 12
Mr Pratap Singh Bajwa, Public
Works Minister, Punjab, today inaugurated the first ever
super-performance model high volume fly ash concrete road in the
country at Ropar. It has been built by Gujarat Ambuja Cements.
The continuous winter and foggy weather have
forced even street dogs to gather around fire to warm
themselves at Amritsar on Sunday morning.
— PTI |
Prescription
must for medicines
Sangrur, January 12
To check the menace of narcotics
and drugs in Sangrur district, Mr Sarvjit Singh, District Magistrate,
has ordered that no chemist/medical store in the district will sell
such medicines without prescription from a qualified doctor.
Seminar
on road safety measures
Jalandhar, January 12
To create awareness among the
people, particularly the students about traffic rules, the district
transport authorities organised a state-level seminar on road safety
measures at the Red Cross Bhavan here today.
Bhai
Kanhaiya fest from today
Bathinda, January 12
Religious functions and a medical
camp will be organised on January 13, 14 and 15 at Goniana in the
district to start the year-long celebrations of the 300th anniversary
of the occasion of giving of medicines by Guru Gobind Singh to one of
his disciples Bhai Kanhaiya so that he should look after the soldiers
of both the Sikh as well as the Muslim army during the war.
Concern
over schism among Sikhs
Chandigarh, January 12
The World Sikh Foundation has
expressed concern with regard to the increasing schism among Sikh
thinkers over the relgio-political issues relating to Akal Takht, the
SGPC and other Sikh institutions.
Prof
Mehboob releases book
Chandigarh, January 12
Prof Harinder Singh Mehboob, an
eminent Sikh scholar and poet, yesterday released the book entitled,
“Vihvi Sadi Di Sikh Rajniti — from one slavery to other
slavery”. It is written by Ajmer Singh. A brief function in this
connection was organised at Gurdwara Kandhala.
Ardas
for gold plating of gurdwara
Amritsar, January 12
The five Sikh high priests
yesterday performed ardas for starting gold plating and extension of
Gurdwara Ram Sar, where recitation of Guru Granth Sahib was started in
1604.
Fazilka-Delhi
train flagged off
Fazilka, January 12
Mr Jagmeet Singh Brar, Member of
Parliament, Faridkot, flagged off the Fazilka-Delhi train here today
at 3.05 a.m. The train comprising four coaches will be coupled with
the Janta Express at Bathinda reaching Delhi at 12.55 p.m. via
Muktsar, Kot Kapura and Bathinda.
Bathinda
gets power supply hotline
Bathinda, January 12
Residents can now hope that the
drinking water supply in the city will not be disrupted whenever there
is a power cut as an 11 kv hotline power supply for the waterworks was
inaugurated today.
Adamant
farmers reject govt offer
Kharar, January 12
Adamant farmers of the Bharti
Kisan Union have rejected the Punjab Government’s offer to release
Rs 10 crore as immediate relief to them and an assurance of another 20
crore within a few days.
Major
police stations to be computerised
Phillaur, January 12
All police stations in big cities
of the state, including Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala and
Bathinda, will be fully computerised by the end of the year and a
grant of Rs 5 crore from the Union Government is likely by the end of
March.
Sirajuddin
is RCF GM
Jalandhar, January 12
Mr Mohammed Sirajuddin of the
Indian Railway Service of the Mechanical Engineers has taken over as
General Manager of the Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala.
91
kg poppy husk seized
Abohar, January 12
The police yesterday seized 91 kg
of poppy husk from a Maruti car coming from Rajasthan. Two youths were
also arrested while bringing smack from the neighboring state.
10
booked for fraud
Pathankot, January 12
Taking strong exception to the
transfer of 72 kanals of prime land, allegedly on fraudulent power of
attorney, the District Police today registered a case against 10
persons under various Sections of the IPC.
Sarpanch
held for embezzlement
Gurdaspur, January 12
The police has arrested Rasbir
Singh, Sarpanch of Chhatkoha village under the Dhariwal police station
for misappropriating grants given to the panchayat for development
work and tampering with the panchayat records. Mr Varinder Kumar SSP
said today that a case under Sections 420, 465, 466, 468, 471 of the
IPC was registered against the accused on January 10.
Two
arrested with narcotics
Tarn Taran, January 12
The police has busted an
inter-state gang of narcotic smugglers by arresting one of its
members. The police has also arrested a sweetmeat seller of Adda
Shahbazpur on the charge of being involved in the sale of narcotics
and drugs.
Two
die due to poisoning
Bathinda, January 12
Two persons died due to poisoning
in separate incidents while cold claimed another life in the city
today.
130
cr to be spent on education: Khushal
Gurdaspur, January 12
Mr Khushal Bahl, Education
Minister, after laying the foundation stone of government elementary
school at a mandi here today, said the Punjab Government would spend
Rs 250 crore during the next financial year to assure that the state
achieved total literacy. The money was being spent under the Sarb
Sikhya Abhiyan.
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